Re: Alien Abduction Experiencer Surveys

From: Kathy Kasten <catraja.nul>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:41:43 +0000
Archived: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:37:24 -0500
Subject: Re: Alien Abduction Experiencer Surveys
>From: Stanton T. Friedman <fsphys.nul>>To: <post.nul>>Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:47:13 -0400>Subject: Alien Abduction Experiencer Surveys>Abduction Experiencer Surveys>Abduction researcher, author and former International Director>of Field Investigator Training, Kathleen Marden, and Denise>Stoner, Florida MUFON's Director of Investigations, are>collaborating on an abduction experiencer research project.>Our goal is to expand our understanding of the alien abduction>phenomenon through the use of two questionnaires.>We, in turn, plan to publish our findings pertaining to little>known commonalities among UFO abductees.>The UFO Abduction Experiencer Survey lists 45 general multiple>choice questions pertaining to experiencer's demographics,>abduction memories, psychic phenomena experiences, and>physiological responses. Some examples of these questions>include the following:
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>Participants' identities will remain anonymous. If you wish to>be personally contacted regarding the results of this survey,>you need only include your email address.>Denise Stoner and I want to thank-you in advance for>facilitating our research efforts and increasing our knowledge>about alien abduction.
List:
While it is important to have an individual who experienced a
crack in their worldview - passed through the crack and lived to
tell the tale - these researchers are only looking for data not
offering a guide to managing & healing themselves.
I am not making a reference to seeking out someone who claims to
"work with abductees". There is a psychic/emotional component
that is never addressed. The appropriate individual to address
this aspect of the experience would be a shaman or
psychotherapist. Someone with the background of Dr. Angela
Smith.
More to the point, nowhere in the blurb was Informed Consent
Form discussed. There is a brief statement about participants
remaining anonymous, but not much else.
I suggest that the researchers contact or read DMT by Dr. Rick
Strassman, M.D. for an example of how to write an ICF for
unconventional research. If no ICF is a part of this research,
it cannot be called or seen as a scientific study. And, the
participant will not be protected from adverse effects of
participating in this project. Yes, there could be adverse
effects. Because, once again, the UFO research community
collects the data but leaves the experiencer/witness hanging in
the wind.
KK
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